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R. D. MGMANUS.

sHoE BLAGKING HOLDER AND REST.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT D. MCMANUS, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES MCMANUS, OF SAME PLACE.

SHOE=BLACKING HOLDER AND REST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 365,696, dated June 28, 1887.

Application tiled December` 4, 1886. Serial No. 220.737. (No model.)

T all whom, '1325 712,04/ concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT D. MCMANUS, of Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Shoe-Blacking Holders and Rests, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptiomwhereby any one skilled in the art can make and use the same.

[O My improvement relates to the class of devices ordinarily called blacking-cabinets, that are provided with means Vfor supporting the foot and for holding the blacking and brush generally used in cleaning and polishing shoes. v

The object of myimprovementis to provide a device of this general class that is of more convenient form and adaptable for use in narrower or more conned places than prior de- 2O vices; and to this end my invention consists in a back plate with means whereby it may be attached to a vertical wall or like part, in combination with adjustable or folding shelves or brackets that are adapted to hold the blackingand to support the foot, and in details of the several parts vand their. combination, as more particularly hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring toA the drawings, Figure l is a perspeetive view of the device, showing the footrest and blacking-bracket extended for use. Fig. 2 is a View in vertical section of the device, showing the positionv and arrangement of the parts when not in use.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter a denotes the back plate as a whole, that may be of any convenient material,preferably of metal, cast to shape with lugs a' and a2, that project forward and are adapted to hold between 4e them, in one instance, the blacking-bracket b,

and in the other the foot-rest c. The backplate is also provided with holes in the main portion of the plate or in projecting ears, through which nails or screws may be driven 4 5 for the purpose of securing the back plate to any structure and in a vertical position. The bracket b has a socket of any convenient form in which to secure a boxv of blacking, l,while the shank of the bracket is provided with a slot, b, and through which a pivot-pin passes, 5( while another pin or lug secured between the ears a', and nearer the back plate than Vthe pivot of the bracket, affords a stop, so that when the bracket is lifted to a level position and slid back this pin or lug b2 prevents the 5 bracket from falling until it has been pulled forward.

The foot-rest c is hinged or pivotcd to the back plate,so as to be folded back into a practicall y vertical position near the plate, and to 6c this rest is pivotcd a brace, c', that may have a limited opening movement by the contact of the bevel cl on its end striking the under side of the rest. The brace projects downward at an angle, with its outer end lin contact with the wall or like structurebelow the base-plate, so that' the foot-rest is held firmly extended. The back plate may be of sufficient length' to afford a resting place for the end lof this brace, or a separate socket or bearingplate may be 7c secured to the wall below the back plate tohold the end of the brace while the foot-rest is ex tended.

Abottle-socket, e, may be formed in the up per part of the plate and adapted to hold a 7; bottle of liquid blacking or shoe dressing in a place convenient for use. W'hen not'in use, the bracket b and foot-rest c may be turned back into a vertical plane, and the blacking brnshfheld by thrusting the end ofthe han- Se dlef back ofthe pivot and upper end of the foot-rest, as shownin Fig. 2 of the drawings.

The methods of using this device are so obvious as not to need extended description.

I may of course vary the form and arranget5 ment of my improved holder and rest without departing from my invention, and I do not limit myself to the particular form and relative arrangement of the parts herein described.

I claim as my iniprovement-- 9o l. In combination with the back plate, a, having the bracketsnpport or lugs a, the folding foot-rest c, pivotcd thereto, and having a space between its pivot end and the back plate to receive the handle of a blackingbrush, g5 all substantially as described.

2. In combination with the back plate, a, having the lugs e', with the stop b2 arranged between them, and having` also the lugs or bracketsupporis a2, the blacking-brackeb b', with Slob b, through which the pivot-pin passes to secure it to lugs a', and the foot-rest 5 c, pivotally secured to the back plate,l all subc stantially as described.

' 3. The improved blacking holdei1 and rest, consisting ofa back plate with a folding l`o0t-' 1'est,` the folding blaeking-brackeb, and a bottle-socket, all substantially as described, and for the purpose set; forth.

ROBERT D. MCMANUS.

Witnesses: l

CHAs. L. BURDETT, H. R. WILLIAMS. 

